Physical and biological factors influencing mussel (Mytilus trossulus, M. edulis) settlement on a wave-exposed rocky shore

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 135-145

  Hunt, Heather L ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ice scour; Intertidal zone; Larvalsupply; Mussels; Mytilus; Recruitment; Settlement; Tidepool s

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS TROSSULUS; BIVALVIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ICE SCOUR; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; ROCKY SHORE; ROCKY SHORES; SETTLEMENT; TIDE POOLS; TIDEPOOL;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, HALIFAX;

EID: 0030303992     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps142135     Document Type: Article

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